FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR 2014...Raising Money for Local Animals in Need. Every year we plan and hold a series of fundraising events, a vital part of our income. It costs nearly £1,000 a day to run RSPCA Suffolk East & Ipswich Branch. If you would like to help with fundraising in any way from joining the fundraising committee, to organising an event, to helping run a stall at an event, or donating a raffle prize please contact Kate on 01449 614057 or email katebranchadmin@talktalk.net

Here is a list of our events planned so far for 2014. Further details will be added about each event nearer the event date.

Quiz on Sat 12th July at St. Michael's Church Centre, The Drift, Martlesham Heath; 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets will be £5 each (nibbles included). Pre booking only and by Fri 11th July please. You are welcome to bring your own snacks and alcohol, we will be selling some hot and cold drinks. To book or for more info please contact Kate on katebranchadmin@talktalk.net or 01449 614057.

Pet Awareness Day and Fun Dog Show on Sun 20th July at our Animal Centre in Martlesham. Doors open at 11.30am. Lots of different animal charities will join us for this special event. BBQ, refreshments, raffle, tombola and more. Parking in Martlesham Community Centre Car Park with limited parking for the disabled at our Centre. For more info contact our Centre on 0300 999 7321 or martlesham.rspca@btconnect.com.

Annual Open and Fun Dog show on Sun 7th Sept at our Animal Centre in Martlesham. Would you like a stall? Gates open at 1.30pm.

Autumn Quiz at Seckford Golf Club on Wed 15th Oct. Fun quiz night with a choice of hot delicious suppers.

Christmas Fair on Sat 29th Nov at Holbrook Village Hall, Holbrook. Traditional Christmas Fair. Would you like a stall? Starting time tbc.

Christmas Party with Live Music on Sat 13th Dec to be held at Norbridge Social Club; kicking off at 7.30pm. Ticket prices, etc to follow.

If you have an event coming up in 2014 and would like us to get involved and have a stall, please contact Kate on 01449 614057 or katebranchadmin@talktalk.net andwe will try our best to attend.

Event Results - thank you to all who help with and support our events...

Quiz on Sat 29th March. We raised £788. Well down to the "Stargazers" who won the Quiz on a tie-break question with 119 points (out of 130).

Spring Fun Day on Sat 31st May at our Martlesham Animal Centre. What a wonderful day, the sun was out and there was a great atmosphere. Thanks to everyone who took part. Am amazing £2,537 was raised!

RSPCA Week 2014 - a very BIG thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who helped us raise £2,759.71 from collecting at local Tesco stores. We are very grateful. To this sum we can add Gift Aid, so the overall grand total will be an amazing £3,449.46!

All the money raised will go towards running our Animal Centre at Martlesham and our Veterinary Welfare Clinic at Ipswich